Reel.



C. l. DAlLEY.

REEL

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 191 I91? Patented Mar. 19, 1918.

was

CHARLES I. DAILEY, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICAN STEEL AND WIRE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY, OF HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY, A COB- ZPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES I. DAILEY, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reels, of which the following is a specification. V W

This invention is an improved reel upon which wire, plain or barbed, wire fencing or similar material, may be reeled or coiled into bundles for convenience in storage and shipment.

An important object of the invention is to construct the reel entirely of wire, and also to provide a collapsible reel which may be conveniently assembled and dismantled and which does not involve the use of any extraneous fastening devices, whereby, after a coil or bundle of wire has been removed from the reel, the latter may be conveniently dismantled and folded into compact form for'convenience in storage and transportation.

A still further object of the invention is to enable the convenient mounting of the reel upon a bar or axle so that the reel may be conveniently rotated thereon in coiling.

- of the barrel which connects the ends or heads of thereel.

With these and other objects in view, the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the drawings, and particularly set forth in the a single twist is employed. It will, of course,

appended claims, it being-understood that changes in the. form, proportion, size and minor details may be made, within the scope of the claims, without departing from the spirit'or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Inthe drawings Figure 1 is a perspectlve view of a reel embodying the features of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary detail perspective view of one end of the barrel showing the bearing member formed as in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

Fig. 3 is a view similarto Fig. 2 showing Specification of Letters Patent.

REEL.

Patented Mar. 19, 1918.

Application filed November 19, 1917. Serial No. 202,753.

eludes twomembers, which I have designated generally as A and B, which members are duplicates and therefore a detailed description of one of them will be suflicient. As best shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings, each barrel member is made up of a single piece of wire bent into an elongated loop having substantially parallel side bars 1 and 2. Each end portion 3 of the looped member is bent at substantially right angles thereto, and each bend 4, which connects the end 3 with the side bars 1 and 2, is bent or kinked outwardly to form seats at the in ner side of the barrel member. Two barrel members, as thus described, are placed opposite one another so that the looped ends overlap one another, and then these looped ends are inter-twisted one or more times, as

indicated at 5 in Figs. 1 and 2. and at 6- in F ig- 3, whereby the substantially semicircular extremities a and b, respectively, of the end. loops jointlyproduce a substantially circular rmg which constitutes a bearing through which an axle or bearing may be passed for the support of the barrel. In Figs. ,1 and 2, theend loops are shown as twisted together several times, while in Fig. 3 only be understood that any desired number of twists may be employed according to the size and strength of the wire.

Each head of the reel is formed of two duplicate members C and D, each of which is in the form of an elongated loop having substantially parallel longitudinal sides and curved or arched ends. Each head member is of course formed of a single length of wire, and each side thereof is provided with a pair of inwardly-directed kinks 7 constituting external seats which are spaced according to the interval between the seats 4 of either of the barrel members A and B.

In assembling the "reel, one of the head members is thrust endwise through the barrel and is then turned so as to bring its seats 7 intoregister with the side bars of 'the barrel, after which the head member is forced to the'end of the barrel until the seats 7 snap into engagement with the seats 4. It will, of course, be understood that the wires are heavy and resilient so that thehead member is connected to or interlocked with the barrel by reason of the spring or elasticity of the two members The other head member, for one end of the reel, is applied in the same manner and disposed at substantially right angles to the head member which was first put in place.

The head members at the opposite end of the reel are fitted in place in a like manner.

stored upon the reel is Wound upon the bar rel thereof and between the opposite heads in any common or preferred manner, the reel being mountfl for rotation upon an axle or other suitable support passed through the bearing rings or eyes at the centers of the ends of the barrel. The said bearing rings or-eyes are also employed as bearings when unwindingwire or the like from the reel.

After all of the wire has been unwound from the reel, the latter may be conveniently dismantled by forcing the head members out of engagement withthe seats 4 of the barrel member, and by placing the'head members longitudinally alongside of the barrel the reel will occupy a relativelysmall space for convenience in storage and transportation.

The barrel part of the reel is rendered .stifi and strong by reason of the diagonal bracing at the ends thereof, afforded by the inter-twisting of the end loops 3, which latter support the bearing eyes or rings in a strong and satisfactory manner at the ends of the barrel.

Having thus described the invention, what 1. A reel having a. cage barrel andoppo site heads carried thereby, the cage barrel comprising a pair of spaced substantially rectangular wire loops having their end portions disposed transversely thereof and inter-twisted at spaced intervals, the end portions of the loops between the intertwisted parts being disposed to form a; substantially circular bearing ring or eye.

2. A reel a cage barrel 'and opposite heads carried thereby, the cage comprising apair of spaced substantially rectangular wire loops having their end portions disposed transversely thereof and inter-twisted to connect the loops together, and each head at substantially right angles to one another, each of said loops lying between and being sprung into engagement with the bars of the cage barrel. a p

testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

CHARLES I. DAILEY.

, consisting of a pair of wire loopsdisposed 

